Florida woman charged in 1980s toddler death

Updated 10:59 am, Saturday, December 2, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who once ran a religious boarding school in Florida has been charged in the 1980s death of a toddler who authorities say was tortured and denied food.

The Gainesville Sun reports that 75-year-old Anna Elizabeth Young was arrested near Atlanta on Friday. Young is accused of causing the death of Emon Harper, who was 2 or 3 years old at the time. It wasn't clear Saturday if she has a lawyer.

Young operated the House of Prayer for All People near Gainesville from about 1985 to 1995.

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Police say there may be other child victims linked to Young. In 2001, she was convicted of child abuse for bathing a child in a tub full of chemicals.